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Know Your Shapes!
Know Your Shapes!
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Know Your Shapes!
First Grade
Geometry
In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!
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Know Your Shapes!
Know Your Shapes!
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Know Your Shapes!
In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!
First Grade
Geometry
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Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension
Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension
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Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension
First Grade
This lesson focuses on reading comprehension by answering the 5W's about the story, The Three Little Pigs.
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Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension
Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension
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Three Little Pigs: 5 W's Reading Comprehension
This lesson focuses on reading comprehension by answering the 5W's about the story, The Three Little Pigs.
First Grade
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Active Math
Active Math
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Active Math
First Grade
Have a class that can't sit still long enough to practice their addition? This activity puts math and PE together to help your kids add up to 20 while being active!
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Active Math
Active Math
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Active Math
Have a class that can't sit still long enough to practice their addition? This activity puts math and PE together to help your kids add up to 20 while being active!
First Grade
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Footy Fun!
Footy Fun!
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Footy Fun!
First Grade
Looking for a fun way to learn about measurement? Inch on over to this engaging lesson. Students will love using their own feet to determine the lengths of different objects.
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Footy Fun!
Footy Fun!
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Footy Fun!
Looking for a fun way to learn about measurement? Inch on over to this engaging lesson. Students will love using their own feet to determine the lengths of different objects.
First Grade
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Addition Number Grab
Addition Number Grab
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Addition Number Grab
First Grade
Addition
Give students plenty of practice adding to 20 with this fun game! Use this scaffolded EL Lesson alone or for more addition practice before teaching the Do Math with M&Ms lesson.
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Addition Number Grab
Addition Number Grab
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Addition Number Grab
Give students plenty of practice adding to 20 with this fun game! Use this scaffolded EL Lesson alone or for more addition practice before teaching the Do Math with M&Ms lesson.
First Grade
Addition
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Shape Sort
Shape Sort
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Shape Sort
First Grade
Geometry
Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!
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Shape Sort
Shape Sort
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Shape Sort
Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!
First Grade
Geometry
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Penny Toss!
Penny Toss!
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Penny Toss!
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
Students will get plenty of practice counting and writing numbers to 30 as they compete to win this fun game! Use this scaffolded EL Support Lesson alone, or alongside the lesson plan I Spy Counting Practice.
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Penny Toss!
Penny Toss!
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Penny Toss!
Students will get plenty of practice counting and writing numbers to 30 as they compete to win this fun game! Use this scaffolded EL Support Lesson alone, or alongside the lesson plan I Spy Counting Practice.
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
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Addition: Over in a Flash
Addition: Over in a Flash
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Addition: Over in a Flash
First Grade
Encourage your students to take part in some friendly competition with this game that has students practice their addition skills with flashcards.
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Addition: Over in a Flash
Addition: Over in a Flash
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Addition: Over in a Flash
Encourage your students to take part in some friendly competition with this game that has students practice their addition skills with flashcards.
First Grade
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Reading Pictures
Reading Pictures
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Reading Pictures
First Grade
Writing
In this lesson, students will practice "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.
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Reading Pictures
Reading Pictures
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Reading Pictures
In this lesson, students will practice "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.
First Grade
Writing
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Super Sequencing!
Super Sequencing!
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Super Sequencing!
First Grade
Teach your students about sequencing with this creative language arts lesson. After putting events in order and drawing their own stories, kids will be pros at using the words "first," "next," "then," and "last."
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Super Sequencing!
Super Sequencing!
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Super Sequencing!
Teach your students about sequencing with this creative language arts lesson. After putting events in order and drawing their own stories, kids will be pros at using the words "first," "next," "then," and "last."
First Grade
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Opinion Writers!
Opinion Writers!
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Opinion Writers!
First Grade
Write on! Give your students the chance to express themselves with this engaging lesson. Your class will write expressive opinion essays to develop cognitive awareness.
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Opinion Writers!
Opinion Writers!
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Opinion Writers!
Write on! Give your students the chance to express themselves with this engaging lesson. Your class will write expressive opinion essays to develop cognitive awareness.
First Grade
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Trapezoids Are Special
Trapezoids Are Special
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Trapezoids Are Special
First Grade
Geometry
Students will explore geometric shapes by creating a painting of a trapezoid.
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Trapezoids Are Special
Trapezoids Are Special
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Trapezoids Are Special
Students will explore geometric shapes by creating a painting of a trapezoid.
First Grade
Geometry
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Learn Story Elements
Learn Story Elements
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Learn Story Elements
First Grade
Reading
Through this lesson, your students will use academic vocabulary to discuss character traits, author's purpose, and the sequence of events in a story.
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Learn Story Elements
Learn Story Elements
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Learn Story Elements
Through this lesson, your students will use academic vocabulary to discuss character traits, author's purpose, and the sequence of events in a story.
First Grade
Reading
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All About Me: Character Traits
All About Me: Character Traits
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All About Me: Character Traits
First Grade
It's all about me! In this lesson, students will identify character traits in a story and decide if they have the same traits. This lesson incorporates literature, writing, comparison skills, and social skills.
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All About Me: Character Traits
All About Me: Character Traits
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All About Me: Character Traits
It's all about me! In this lesson, students will identify character traits in a story and decide if they have the same traits. This lesson incorporates literature, writing, comparison skills, and social skills.
First Grade
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Creating Graphs: Classroom Scavengers
Creating Graphs: Classroom Scavengers
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Creating Graphs: Classroom Scavengers
First Grade
Help your class understand the concept of graphs and charts by holding a scavenger hunt inside your classroom. During this lesson, students gather and create real-world data and graph it.
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Creating Graphs: Classroom Scavengers
Creating Graphs: Classroom Scavengers
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Creating Graphs: Classroom Scavengers
Help your class understand the concept of graphs and charts by holding a scavenger hunt inside your classroom. During this lesson, students gather and create real-world data and graph it.
First Grade
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Measure the Classroom
Measure the Classroom
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Measure the Classroom
First Grade
Let’s make math real! Engage students in learning about measurement by measuring objects around the classroom and creating word problems for peers to solve.
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Measure the Classroom
Measure the Classroom
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Measure the Classroom
Let’s make math real! Engage students in learning about measurement by measuring objects around the classroom and creating word problems for peers to solve.
First Grade
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Pet Survey
Pet Survey
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Pet Survey
First Grade
Expressing opinions and graphing data go hand in hand in this lesson on choosing a pet. Dog, cat or fish? Let your students decide! Use alone or with the lesson Graphing a Fruit Survey.
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Pet Survey
Pet Survey
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Pet Survey
Expressing opinions and graphing data go hand in hand in this lesson on choosing a pet. Dog, cat or fish? Let your students decide! Use alone or with the lesson Graphing a Fruit Survey.
First Grade
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Measurement Madness
Measurement Madness
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Measurement Madness
First Grade
This math lesson is filled with fun hands-on non-standard measurement activities! The lesson begins with an interactive story then has students explore measurement using several different objects as their tools!
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Measurement Madness
Measurement Madness
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Measurement Madness
This math lesson is filled with fun hands-on non-standard measurement activities! The lesson begins with an interactive story then has students explore measurement using several different objects as their tools!
First Grade
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Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
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Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
First Grade
Collecting and graphing data can be a fantastic tool for getting to know your students and for your students to get to know one another! In this lesson, students will poll their classmates to gather data and then graph the results!
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Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
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Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
Collecting and graphing data can be a fantastic tool for getting to know your students and for your students to get to know one another! In this lesson, students will poll their classmates to gather data and then graph the results!
First Grade
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Ask Me How
Ask Me How
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Ask Me How
First Grade
Community and Culture
How? In this lesson, your students will become familiar with using this question word to investigate how things work.
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Ask Me How
Ask Me How
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Ask Me How
How? In this lesson, your students will become familiar with using this question word to investigate how things work.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Triangle Time
Triangle Time
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Triangle Time
First Grade
Students will work hard to build shapes with straws in this hands-on lesson about the defining attributes of triangles. Use alone or with Know Your Shapes.
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Triangle Time
Triangle Time
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Triangle Time
Students will work hard to build shapes with straws in this hands-on lesson about the defining attributes of triangles. Use alone or with Know Your Shapes.
First Grade
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Predicting Pictures
Predicting Pictures
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Predicting Pictures
First Grade
Enhance your child's predictive abilities with this creative reading lesson. By imitating the styles of Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend?, students will create and share their own mini guessing games.
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Predicting Pictures
Predicting Pictures
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Predicting Pictures
Enhance your child's predictive abilities with this creative reading lesson. By imitating the styles of Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend?, students will create and share their own mini guessing games.
First Grade
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Adding with M&M's
Adding with M&M's
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Adding with M&M's
First Grade
Addition
Use a sweet treat to help students do hands-on math! Students will practice their addition skills in this yummy activity.
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Adding with M&M's
Adding with M&M's
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Adding with M&M's
Use a sweet treat to help students do hands-on math! Students will practice their addition skills in this yummy activity.
First Grade
Addition
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Art Subtraction
Art Subtraction
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Art Subtraction
First Grade
Subtraction
Practice subtraction with art! Help early learners grasp the concept of "taking away" using drawings. This lesson helps students work toward subtraction with numerals, and the mastery of simple shapes.
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Art Subtraction
Art Subtraction
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Art Subtraction
Practice subtraction with art! Help early learners grasp the concept of "taking away" using drawings. This lesson helps students work toward subtraction with numerals, and the mastery of simple shapes.
First Grade
Subtraction
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Writing Simple Equations
Writing Simple Equations
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Writing Simple Equations
First Grade
Understanding how words translate into equations is a critical everyday math skill. Take your students step-by-step through this process in this lesson.
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Writing Simple Equations
Writing Simple Equations
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Writing Simple Equations
Understanding how words translate into equations is a critical everyday math skill. Take your students step-by-step through this process in this lesson.
First Grade
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Graphing a Fruit Survey
Graphing a Fruit Survey
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Graphing a Fruit Survey
First Grade
What's your favorite fruit? In this lesson, your students will practice important skills by learning to interpret and present data in a visual form.
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Graphing a Fruit Survey
Graphing a Fruit Survey
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Graphing a Fruit Survey
What's your favorite fruit? In this lesson, your students will practice important skills by learning to interpret and present data in a visual form.
First Grade
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First Grade Daily Sub Plan B
First Grade Daily Sub Plan B
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First Grade Daily Sub Plan B
First Grade
Planning for a substitute teacher has never been easier than with this daily sub plan! Your substitute will appreciate the support in helping your students learn. In your absence the substitute can use these practical lessons, worksheets, and activities.
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First Grade Daily Sub Plan B
First Grade Daily Sub Plan B
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First Grade Daily Sub Plan B
Planning for a substitute teacher has never been easier than with this daily sub plan! Your substitute will appreciate the support in helping your students learn. In your absence the substitute can use these practical lessons, worksheets, and activities.
First Grade
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Craft Stick Story Elements
Craft Stick Story Elements
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Craft Stick Story Elements
First Grade
Reading
This comprehensive overview of story elements will definitely leave students with a better understanding of author's purpose, character traits, sequence, and main idea. It features the acclaimed Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus.
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Craft Stick Story Elements
Craft Stick Story Elements
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Craft Stick Story Elements
This comprehensive overview of story elements will definitely leave students with a better understanding of author's purpose, character traits, sequence, and main idea. It features the acclaimed Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus.
First Grade
Reading
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Measurement Hunt
Measurement Hunt
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Measurement Hunt
First Grade
Measurement
Introduce students to measurement with this fun scavenger hunt! Students practice measuring with string as they work in partners to develop language skills. Use alone or with the lesson Footy Fun!
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Measurement Hunt
Measurement Hunt
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Measurement Hunt
Introduce students to measurement with this fun scavenger hunt! Students practice measuring with string as they work in partners to develop language skills. Use alone or with the lesson Footy Fun!
First Grade
Measurement
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Shoe, Graph, Shoe!
Shoe, Graph, Shoe!
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Shoe, Graph, Shoe!
First Grade
Ready to move your feet? Get your students moving with a graphing activity that will knock their socks off! Using a bit of “sole” searching, your students will collect, graph, and interpret data on shoes.
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Shoe, Graph, Shoe!
Shoe, Graph, Shoe!
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Shoe, Graph, Shoe!
Ready to move your feet? Get your students moving with a graphing activity that will knock their socks off! Using a bit of “sole” searching, your students will collect, graph, and interpret data on shoes.
First Grade
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